A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

APRIL 21, 2023

Although reading has been low on my list of priorities under the circumstances, I wanted to take the brief chance I have now to highlight some books released so far this year — a dozen of them, presented in order of date of publication. No doubt, people reading this book are eager to take on the question.

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Architecture Architecture School Deconstruction Diagram 134

Deezen

MAY 10, 2022

Eisenman was a follower of ideals of deconstruction that were developed by philosopher Jacques Derrida and considers himself a deconstructionist architect rather than a deconstructivist one. He explained that of the others in the exhibition, only Bernard Tschumi "had any interest in deconstruction". Peter Eisenman: Quite true.

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Deconstruction Architect Modern Mining 130

Deezen

MAY 23, 2022

According to Tschumi, who was one of the seven architects featured in the seminal Deconstructivist Architecture show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) , deconstructivism had a serious intellectual ideology that was developed by young architects reinvestigating avant-garde architecture from the 1920s.

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Deconstruction Modern Concept Architect 116

Deezen

JUNE 13, 2024

Student: Tianyi Gao Course: BA3 Architecture atelier Tutors: Dr Sam Holden and Curtis Martyn Integrative Design by Sion Lewis "This series of prototypes aims to test and improve the constructability of the design.

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Students Project Architecture Sustainability 110

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 30, 2023

In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.

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Deconstruction Diagram Architect Architecture 52